Royal Mint (Denmark)

Owned by Magasin du Nord, the vaulted premises still exist today at Vingårdstræde 6 where they form part of the restaurant Kong Hans Kælder.

One of the streets which emerged as the city built upon the former monastery gardens was named Gammel Mønt (English: Old Mint) in memory of its occupation of the site.

[1] Gotfred Krüger, who was the king's mint master from 1664 to 1680, acquired a property in Borgergade in 1671 while the production of coins took place in a neighbouring building.

It is unclear whether this symbol originally signified the mint master family or the locality but since the initials CW for Winekes are often found next to it on coins from the time, the latter is assumed to be the case.

The buildings, which were located where Holbersgade crosses the Nyhavn Bridge, was demolished in the early 1870s to make way for the establishment of the new street when the entire Gammelholm area was redeveloped.

The building, which still exist today, was designed by Ferdinand Meldahl, who was also resonnsible for the overall planning of the neighbourhood, in collaboration with City Architect Ludvig Fenger.

In October 2014, the Danish Central Bank announced that it would cease to produce its own coins and banknotes in 2016, citing a continuing decline in demand for new currency and a predicted total saving of DKK 100 million over the years until 2020 by outsourcing production to external suppliers.

[4] The bank issued an invitation to tender for the production of coinage in December 2015, and announced in May 2016 that a bid by the Mint of Finland had been selected as "most advantageous" on the grounds of cost, security, and quality.

St. Clare's Priory in 1611
The Mint Master's House in Aarhus
The Royal Mint and the Botanical Garden painted by Vilhelm Kyhn from a window in Charlottenborg in 1862
The Royal Mint in Holbergsgade, illustration from Illustreret Tidende